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This list is based on the Forbes Global 2000, which ranks the world's 2,000 largest publicly traded companies.The Forbes list takes into account a multitude of factors, including the revenue, net profit, total assets and market value of each company; each factor is given a weighted rank in terms of importance when considering the overall ranking.
The three largest cities in the Netherlands are Amsterdam, Rotterdam and The Hague. The port of Rotterdam is the world's largest port outside East-Asia, and by far the largest port in Europe. [2] The Netherlands has a market-based mixed economy, ranking 17th of 177 countries according to the Index of Economic Freedom. [3]
This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 2024 rankings and other sources. [2] American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2014. [ 1 ]
This list comprises the largest companies currently in Europe by revenue as of 2023, according to the Fortune 500 tally of companies and Forbes. In 2023, largest company in Europe was the Volkswagen Group with revenue of US$348 billion. [1] Volkswagen Group headquarters in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen is Europe's largest and the world's ...
In contrast to Fortune’s landmark list of the 500 biggest U.S. companies, occupied by a dynamic mix of retail, tech, pharmaceuticals, and energy, Europe continues to be dominated by industry.
The Forbes Global 2000 published on 18 April 2012 [1] is a ranking of largest companies in the world, by a mix of four metrics: sales, profits, assets and market value.The ranking number shows the ranking among all other Nordic companies on the list, while the number displayed within parenthesis shows the actual ranking among all the companies on the Forbes Global 2000 list.
Rank First quarter ... Netherlands United Kingdom Oil and gas: 210,630 8: ... The 10 largest companies in the world by market capitalization in 1999.
Global ranking Name Citizenship Net worth (USD) Sources of wealth 132: Charlene de Carvalho-Heineken Netherlands 14.1 billion: Heineken: 469: Frits Goldschmeding Netherlands 6.2 billion